Biomedical Scientists
To work in the UK as a Biomedical Scientist, you will need to be registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC). The professional body in the UK for Biomedical Scientists is the Institute of Biomedical Science.
Dentists
The General Dental Council (GDC) is a UK organisation which regulates all dental professionals in the country. After graduating most dentists will enter a V.T. (vocational training) scheme, of either 1 or 2 years length, to receive their full National Health Service registration. Dentists must register with the G.D.C and meet their requirements as the governing body of the profession, before being allowed to practice.
Doctors
The General Medical Council (GMC) licences doctors to practice in the UK. There are 4 main types of registration:
- Provisional registration
- allows a newly qualified doctor to complete the general clinical training needed for full registration. A doctor who is provisionally registered is entitled to work only in junior house officer posts in hospitals or institutions which are approved for the purpose of pre-registration service. - Full registration
- doctors need full registration for unsupervised medical practice in the NHS or private practice in the UK. - Limited registration
- is granted for a set period of time and is for doctors who are non-UK or EEA Nationals. - Specialist Registration
- Since 1 January 1997, it has been a legal requirement that, in order to take up a consultant post (other than a locum appointment) in the NHS, a doctor’s name must be included in the specialist register. The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) advises doctors on how to gain inclusion on the Specialist register.
Pharmacists
Pharmacists wishing to practise in the NHS must be registered with the http://www.rpsgb.org/ (RPSGB). Pharmacists must pass a registration examination (multiple choice). This is designed to ensure newly registered pharmacists have sufficient knowledge underpinning and complementing the practical competences.